[inaudible conversations] good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second hearing of the u. S. China economic and security review commissions 2020 annual report cycle and thank you for joining us, especially to our witnesses for the time and effort that they have put in to the testimonies. Youre going to be treated to some really, really good things here today. Wed also like to thank the House Foreign Affairs committee for securing this room for our use today. Todays hearing examines chinas ability to project military power and influence beyond its shores. And the implications of these growing capabilities for u. S. Interests. In january, 2016, after communist Party General secretary and Central Military Commission Chairman xi jinping reorganized the Peoples Liberation army, this commission explored the push toward making the pla a force more capable of conducting Global Operations and i think commissi commissioner was the cochair for that, too. And four years later were exam
Ukrainian mp, mr. Andriy, i wish you a good evening, and i also wish you and your colleagues in the Verkhovna Rada of ukraine fruitful work, well but in relation to this, what i said very briefly based on iryna gerashchenkos post, do you remember how many there were, well, there were not that many, but there were moments when, for example, Petro Poroshenko once said to one of the journalists, if i dont remember, dear, they went everywhere, especially those who are now near. And there leshchenko and all the others walked with these tshirts, im not cheap to you, although it was perceived as a miscommunication with the journalist on the part of the president , okay, and there yanukovych said something similar, but here the chairman of the Verkhovna Rada says vicespeaker iryna gerashchenko, says the girl, despite the fact that she is 5 years older than him, and well, there should be a reaction, and i am very interested, now those people who were very much in favor of. Tolerance, for europe
[applause] those 30 years were a good warmup. Thank you, i want to make sure to get a copy of your book. Thank you for that warm introduction. A distinguished guest, ladies and gentlemen, todays Dynamic World strong leadership is more critical than ever. I cannot picture a crowd more in tune with the importance of good leadership and this one. It is my first time here but many of you have been coming to this event for years. The beauty of the forum is its ability to draw together knowledgeable and diverse leaders from the executive branch, military services, congress, industry, allies and partners and the media. It is a privilege to speak with you on a topic as vital as National Security. It has been a long and productive day, not exhaustive. I aim to keep my remarks brief. I have interacted with many of you. You are not a passive bunch. Phrase full contact is not lost on you. I had the good fortune to interact with donald trump. He has been clear on his expectations. Build a stronger
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Again, good morning and welcome to the fifth annual United Statesjapankorea trilateral symposium organized by International Student conferences and generously sponsored by Sasakawa Peace foundation usa and the Korea Foundation. We thank you all for joining us on this cold and blustery day as impacted hopefully other parts of the east coast more than us but we know it wasnt the easiest commute this morning. For those of you that i follow us and paying attention today on social media we like to point out that we have greater a hashtag for todays conference and that is hashtag isctrilat. For those of you not following on instream and twitter that at so my name is Alexander Evans and i will be your master of ceremonies for todays event and i currently work as the research and Program Coordinator at the center for east Asian Studies within Johns Hopkins. The preps perhaps more portly r todays event i am a lump of the 63rd japan america student conference back in 2011. I think in a lot of wa